As American Academy of Pediatrics reports firearm deaths increased 28% from 2019 to 2020, parents, educators and experts call for action.
, there is national outrage about the tragedy and calls for answers,” Dr. Lois Lee, incoming chair of the AAP Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention, said in a statement Wednesday.
The AAP also reported that a third of U.S. homes with children have guns, with nearly 2 million children living in households with unlocked, loaded guns. “Adolescents can be impulsive and, just as adults do, sometimes suffer quietly with depression and anxiety,” AAP officials said. “The presence of a gun in the home of an adolescent increases the risk of suicide even in the absence of a psychiatric diagnosis, but it is especially critical to remove guns from the homes of teens who are depressed.
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